First, choose a free-range place.
Free-range chickens should be far away from human living areas and roads, and at the same time, there should be sufficient water sources. Usually, it is most suitable to choose a hillside with spring water, so as to ensure sufficient sunshine and shady places for chickens to rest.
Second, regular quantitative supplementary feeding.
Although native chickens can eat insects, grass and so on. As outdoor feed in the free-range stage, these feeds are limited and incomplete, which is not conducive to the growth of native chickens. It is necessary to supplement it regularly and quantitatively. There are many weeds and insects in summer and autumn, which can be supplemented once in the morning and evening.
In spring and winter, however, there is less primary feed, and more supplementary feeding is needed, about three times, depending on the free-range environment.
Third, properly control the amount of drinking water.
When the temperature is high in summer, the water consumption of native chicken will increase to 3.5 times of its food consumption, and when the temperature is low in winter, the water consumption will also decrease. Generally speaking, chickens like to drink water at room temperature, so it is necessary to increase the size of a suitable water dispenser in summer. Too deep and too narrow is not conducive to local chickens to drink water. It is necessary to ensure that local chickens can drink enough water, and at the same time, a cool place should be set up for them to rest.
Fourth, prevent animal injuries.
In recent years, advanced breeding technology has greatly improved the survival rate of native chickens, but there are still deadly natural enemies, such as eagles, weasels and snakes. , will increase the mortality rate of native chickens. At ordinary times, we should give priority to prevention, establish a solid henhouse, check whether there are natural enemies around the free-range shed at any time, set up fences with nets or iron wires, and repair the holes in the guardrail in time.
Five, timely disinfection of the environment
In the process of raising chickens in ordinary henhouses, only the henhouses need to be disinfected. However, the range of free-range chickens is very wide, which brings some difficulties to disinfection work. In order to ensure the healthy growth of chickens, the site should be strictly disinfected every week and disinfected in turn with various disinfectant water.